23 October '13..
From this week's ITIC newsletter (October 16 – 22, 2013):
After the Feast of the Sacrifice the Rafah crossing opened to pedestrian traffic but closed again shortly thereafter because of what was described as a computer problem. Ihab al-Ghussin, head of the Hamas administration's information bureau, complained about the frequent difficulties, calling them "feeble excuses," and saying that in his opinion it was deliberate [Egyptian] policy (Alresala.net website, October 20, 2013).
Jamal al-Khudari, head of the popular committee to lift the "siege" on the Gaza Strip, called for all the crossings to be opened and for every kind of commodity to enter the Gaza Strip freely, especially building materials. He said not allowing building materials into the Gaza Strip was causing serious economic damage because it led to the unemployment of thousands and the suspension of building projects (Filastin al-Yawm, October 20, 2013). As noted, following the discovery of Hamas' tunnel, whose construction involved the use of large quantities of concrete imported into the Gaza Strip. Therefore, the Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories ordered the suspension of the delivery of building materials into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing until the situation could be reevaluated. (empahsis added)
If anyone would like to point out to Jamal or the various social-miscreants over at Free Gaza that "not allowing building materials into the Gaza Strip was causing serious economic damage because it led to the unemployment of thousands and the suspension of building projects" is an absolutely true statement. However, with just a brief moment to consider what became of the sorely needed building material already allowed entry, one might think that even they may ultimately be able to discover the appropriate address to forward their complaints. Well, on second thought, maybe not.
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